Sato
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Satō (佐藤, characters for "assistance" and "wisteria") is the most common Japanese surname. It may be romanized as Sato or Satoh on a Japanese passport. In wāpuro rōmaji, it is spelled Satou.
There are several other uses of the word "sato", see below.
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[edit] People
People named Sato include:
- Aiko Sato (actress/model)
- Aki Sato (former Treasurer of Japan)
- Eisaku Sato (former Prime Minister of Japan)
- Hisato Satō (Japanese soccer player)
- Junya Sato (film director)
- Katsuaki Sato (founder of Odo Satojuku karate)
- Kentaro Sato (composer/conductor)
- Michiro Sato(avant-garde composer, singer, synthesizer player, and member of the rock band Factor)
- Mikio Sato (mathematician, known for Sato-Tate conjecture])
- born Miwa Sato, the singer Chara
- Sato Moughalian (flutist in New York City)
- Naoki Sato (composer)
- Naoyuki Sato (Bemani artist)
- Nobusuke Kishi, born Nobusuke Sato (former Prime Minister of Japan)
- Rumina Sato (professional mixed martial artist)
- Sabrina Sato (model)
- Shannon Sato (professional bodybuilder)
- Shigeki Sato (professional wrestler)
- Shinichiro Sato (drummer for the J-Rock band "the pillows")
- Shoji Sato (badminton athlete)
- Tadanobu Sato (A.K.A. Tadanobu Asano, actor)
- Takuma Sato (car racing driver)
- Yuka Sato (figure skater)
[edit] Places
- Sato-mura (里村), a former town in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, now absorbed into the city of Satsumasendai-shi (薩摩川内市)
[edit] Things
- Sato (rice wine), a beverage from Thailand
- Sato, the word for a mutt, or non-purebread dog, in puertorican parlance.
- Sato (instrument), a bowed tanbur, or long-necked lute of Central Asian origin.
- S.A.T.O., a song from Ozzy Osbourne's 1981 album Diary of a Madman.
[edit] Fictional characters
Fictional characters named Sato include:
- Ayano Sato, character from High School Girls
- Fumino Sato, character from High School Girls
- Hoshi Sato, character from Star Trek: Enterprise
- Katsumi Sato, a minor character from YuYu Hakusho
- Kouji Satou, a minor character from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- Mako Satou, character from Initial D
- Masao Sato (Max), character from Crayon Shin-chan
- Masashi Sato, character from To Heart
- Miwako Satou, character from Case Closed (Detective Conan)
- Mina Sato, character from Doubt!!
- Natsumi Sato, minor character from Jiraishin a.k.a. Ice Blade
- Shigeki Satō, character from Whistle!
- Sei Sato, character from Maria-sama ga Miteru
- Sato, charater from Gundam SEED Destiny
- Toru Sato (a.k.a. Bull), a character in Need For Speed: Most Wanted
- Toshiko Sato, one of the main protagonists in the television series Torchwood and she also briefly appeared in the television series Doctor Who.